Comic for Monday, July 25

Whew, this one came in close to the line. Decided to drive around all weekend and it played havoc on the production schedule. Car goes back to the shop tomorrow though so it’s best to get it out of the way.

I think Tyler is concerned by the amount of paperwork it would take to have to deputize an Avon blackops agent. That’d be a real headache.

We’ve seen a glimpse of Marc and Mione’s talents, beyond glowering. I was beginning to think Tyler just kept them around for playing bad cop/good cop. Never sure which was which though.

Known for their gorgeous soft shaded vibrant coloring, this piece is certainly no exception and I couldn’t be more honored to get it. This marks the first piece of fan art we’ve gotten. I’ll have to put up a gallery or something.

So Mione has some form of x-ray vision, and Marc can project a shield that is most likely one-way so Tyler’s team can shoot through it while it blocks incoming fire. Pretty impressive minions, overall. 🙂

Tyler knows that they’re walking into a very dangerous situation. More people would be helpful. But, could he protect them all? If he brought others to remove suspects from the building, etc, they’d be working separately. As such, he wouldn’t be there to protect them. Maybe with only two or three others he feels that he can cover them adequately without being distracted? He’s only one person and can only be in one place at a time. (As far as we know, anyway…)

That, or maybe he really wants their enemies to woefully underestimate them?

I think despite what he says about priorities, Tyler is extremely unlikely to risk minions much. While he could probably protect a handful, it would limit his abilities to do so. We’ve already seen that he has to be careful when using the freezing around his own minions. Tyler, while effective in his way, is still fairly idealistic. He does not sacrifice pieces, or even risk them more than necessary.

Naturally he picked minions with an emphasis on survivability. Mione and Marc are not actually the most talented mages after him in the MSB, but they are ones with the most defensive skill sets (loosely speaking; Mione’s isn’t strictly defensive, but acts in a similar manner).

If he brought someone that was a good mage but not necessarily as reliable on defense, like Amy, he’d be far more tied down.

i think i see what your saying. marc is more of a defender with his shield. regardless of any other powers he has, thats a fairly useful one.
minoe, is more of a support with her… scan? m-radar? and apperently has at least one offence. tho both she and marc could have guns of one type or another. cant see any, but then they havnt really had to use em.
and tyler… probly a good match for kally. in both ability, number of “known” spells, and magic pool(points).

Plus we already know they both have a pretty high passive resistance to magic through their interference (since they don’t freeze being near Tyler). I don’t think Mione at least could be hiding a gun… 😉 Marc could maybe be carrying a small one in his pocket… but that would probably violate gun safety laws. Maybe one of those autocasters that look like one. Not sure gun safety laws apply to those… 😐

I’ll refrain from speculating on the relative power of characters (as tempting as it might be… that’s basically just writer bait there)… who can say what the future will tell us though… 😉